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Too many people across America confront systemic racism, exclusion and discrimination, and too few have a fair and meaningful say in how they are governed. Overseas, US influence is too often squandered \u2013 instead of being used as a force for good. Damaging polices at home find parallels in policies abroad.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EHuman rights are not abstract ideas that apply only to \u201cother people.\u201d Human rights are as real as the humiliation experienced by the veteran arrested for being homeless, or the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/time.com\/5317250\/child-down-syndrome-separated-at-border\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E10-year-old\u003C\/a\u003E with Down Syndrome whom US border patrol agents forcibly separated from her mother. Like the bones in our bodies, our human rights can be a source of severe pain when trampled.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhoever earns the trust of voters has an opportunity \u2013 and a responsibility \u2013 to help the country move forward by making human rights a priority. A commitment to upholding human rights is a commitment to making tangible policy decisions to ensure that the bodies, zip codes, and circumstances into which we happen to have been born do not dampen our prospects for a better life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA 2020 candidate who respects human rights will work to build bridges of understanding around issues of race, color and ethnicity rather than sow divisions that permit white nationalism and other expressions of hate to grow. They will see the connections between discrimination at home and injustice abroad.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA candidate who respects human rights will commit to making health care affordable for everyone, and will oppose efforts to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2019\/02\/04\/us-right-health-peril\u0022\u003Ecurtail access\u003C\/a\u003E to medical and other services for women, people living in poverty, people with disabilities, and LGBT people.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA rights-respecting candidate will support the rights of workers, including to organize, receive a living wage, and enjoy safe working conditions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA candidate who respects human rights will oppose a deterrence-only strategy toward migrants that has led to family separations, harsh detention conditions for children, and a dismantling of the US asylum and refugee system.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA rights-respecting candidate will have plans for reducing the number of people behind bars \u2013 many of whom are incarcerated because of racist laws and policies that have disproportionately affected black and brown communities for decades. And they will advance strategies for restoring rights to the millions of people who\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/analysis\/state-voting-rights-litigation\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Estill cannot vote\u003C\/a\u003E due to a patchwork of felony disfranchisement laws across the country.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThey will end indefinite detention without charge or trial for the men held at Guantanamo Bay, commit to fair trials for all, and seek accountability and redress for past use of torture in the name of national security.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA candidate who respects human rights will ensure that US action abroad promotes and protects human rights, rather than diminishes them. Instead of cozying up to dictators and autocrats, a candidate who respects human rights will instead seek international partners who commit to upholding human rights obligations--and will seek to hold to account those who violate them. They will commit to promoting \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2018\/06\/19\/un-us-retreat-rights-body-self-defeating\u0022\u003Ehuman rights at the United Nations\u003C\/a\u003E and other international forums, particularly for refugees and other marginalized people of the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn any military action, they will protect civilians and abide strictly by the requirements of international humanitarian law.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThese are just some of the human rights issues that hang in the balance in this election cycle. Through November and beyond, Human Rights Watch will help voters, journalists, and others navigate the news and examine some of the most pressing human rights issues of the day \u2013 from the consequences of poverty and inequality, to the breakneck expansion of digital surveillance, to the mandate for racial justice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe present moment is an opportunity for voters to consider how human rights can shape a future of peace, prosperity, and dignity for all. 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